ESP32 and Termux • Hacker News Board

Re: ESP32 and Termux

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Post by gradientsrneat » Fri, Oct 10, 2025, 8:28 PM UTC

throwaway091025 wrote: post #44

I heard something that Termux has a lot of Chinese influence, anybody aware of this? I love Termux but that kinda added a bad taste. But I don't have anything to back it up but quotes from trusted people

Termux' package manager wrapper pkg can randomly select Chinese mirrors, but you can remove them from the selection list.

Re: ESP32 and Termux

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Post by seba_dos1 » Fri, Oct 10, 2025, 10:08 PM UTC

flykespice wrote: post #49

seba_dos1 wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have barely any reason to use a banking app when almost everything on my account can be done via Web, but when I do want to use BLIK I run the app in Waydroid.

The problem is most bank here for you to log in the Web, you need to install the bank mobile app so you can fetch the security key required to authenticate.

Fortunately this hasn't been an issue for me. Sounds like you should ask your bank what a person with no Android or iOS device should do to access their services then. If that doesn't help it may be worth contacting a parliamentary representative.

Re: ESP32 and Termux

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Post by az09mugen » Fri, Oct 10, 2025, 10:18 PM UTC

pabs3 wrote: post #40

vallassy wrote: post #16

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I've been looking at Linux phones for a while, and now the latest 'sideloading' lockdown from Google has pushed me to seriously consider getting off Android. What phones do you use or recommend for someone who has a little Linux experience?

Maybe start with GrapheneOS on a Google Pixel phone, its a privacy/security focused Android fork. Otherwise for full Linux, take a look at shipping-with-Android devices that are semi-supported by postmarketOS, Mobian etc. Or go with vendors focused on non-Android Linux like Pine64 PinePhone, Purism Librem, Furilabs, Liberux and maybe some I forgot. The Debian Mobile wiki page has a whole lot of other links but I stop…

May I add this link to your interesting list : https://volla.online/en/

Re: ESP32 and Termux

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Post by pabs3 » Sat, Oct 11, 2025, 5:53 AM UTC

az09mugen wrote: post #53

pabs3 wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe start with GrapheneOS on a Google Pixel phone, its a privacy/security focused Android fork. Otherwise for full Linux, take a look at shipping-with-Android devices that are semi-supported by postmarketOS, Mobian etc. Or go with vendors focused on non-Android Linux like Pine64 PinePhone, Purism Librem, Furilabs, Liberux and maybe some I forgot. The Debian Mobile wiki page has a whole lot of other links but I stop…

May I add this link to your interesting list : https://volla.online/en/

Volla OS looks like an Android fork, so more like GrapheneOS than postmarketOS/etc.

Re: ESP32 and Termux

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Post by az09mugen » Sat, Oct 11, 2025, 7:43 AM UTC

pabs3 wrote: post #54

az09mugen wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

May I add this link to your interesting list : https://volla.online/en/

Volla OS looks like an Android fork, so more like GrapheneOS than postmarketOS/etc.

When buying the phone you can choose to have it with Ubuntu Touch instead of Volla OS. There is also multi-boot.

Re: ESP32 and Termux

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Post by seba_dos1 » Sat, Oct 11, 2025, 4:57 PM UTC

az09mugen wrote: post #55

pabs3 wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Volla OS looks like an Android fork, so more like GrapheneOS than postmarketOS/etc.

When buying the phone you can choose to have it with Ubuntu Touch instead of Volla OS. There is also multi-boot.

Ubuntu Touch is still an Android-based OS (they used to have a variant that didn't rely on Android, but discontinued it).

Re: ESP32 and Termux

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Post by az09mugen » Sat, Oct 11, 2025, 11:16 PM UTC

seba_dos1 wrote: post #56

az09mugen wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When buying the phone you can choose to have it with Ubuntu Touch instead of Volla OS. There is also multi-boot.

Ubuntu Touch is still an Android-based OS (they used to have a variant that didn't rely on Android, but discontinued it).

Thanks for that precision, I didn't know about that fact. For those interested : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/ContainerArchitecture